The Iowa Automobile Dealers Foundation for Education awarded nearly $60,000 to 14 auto technology programs at community colleges across Iowa as part of its ongoing efforts to support automotive education in the state.

Iowa State University is investigating the possibility of entering a public-private partnership for operation of its utility system, following the lead of the University of Iowa, which in December entered into a $1.165 billion agreement with a French firm.

Des Moines residents hoping to stop Des Moines Public Schools from building a $19.5 million football and soccer stadium on the Drake University campus turned in a petition Tuesday signed by 7,120 people.

Drake Law School announced that it has dedicated its annual day of public service to the late Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady, a 1978 graduate of the law school who died unexpectedly in November 2019.